Roller attachment for plows



June 10, 1930. o CHENOWETH ET AL 1,762,258

ROLLER ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS Filed Dec. 30, 1927 Aim/"my r Patented June 10, 1930 I v p r i UNITED OLIVER e. CHENOWETH AND CHARLES A. GHENQW ETHQOT mmfmmmi ROLLER ATTAcntinivT Fox news Application filed DecemberiBjO, 1925'." Serial 116,243,617.

The present invention pertains to improveportion of each frame being bent outwardly v ments in devices for breaking down weeds orat'2'2,: to provide securing means; other growth in advance of a plow, in the The intermediate portionof the frame operation of plowing the ground, the same ieces are united by acounecting bar 3;"This 5 relatin more particularly to a roller attach-. ar is provided at its intermediate front side 55,

ment or conventional plows, wherein the Witlrahook member 4.'- Between the opposite same is secured to the plow frame in advance ends of the frame pieces, a ground engaging of the plow, for breaking down the growth roller5 is journal'ed,-by having a suitable preparatory to the movement of the plow. 'pintle at each end thereof, 1 projecting The main object of the device resides in through "complementary openings in the 6 providing a roller attachment for plows," frame ends. I wherein the roller may be adjusted with re The coulter disc- C is located at one end of spent to the ground, as well as being provided the roller in the manner shown and serves to I with means for tensionally maintaining th turn down tlie'w eeds so that they will be '15 game against the ground; covered when the plOW I cuts and 6 Another object resides in providing a de inverteth furrow slice. f 4 vice which will efiectively press the growth beam bar7 is formed with a plurality such as sweet clover, weeds, etc., to the of spaced longitudinally arranged openings ground, after which the usual coulter disk 8, through one of which a bolt 9 may be cuts through and severs th w d so that inserted for connecting the securing means 7.

the plow may effectively turn the sameunder er tothe surface thus preventing the same from A QIt 1 i fitted through the plow beam collecting in front of the plow, resulting in While members 11 are threaded t the restraining of the normal operation ends thereof, 1 lamp ng he upper por th f tion of an L-shaped arm 12, against the beam; 7

After considering the following specificah l w r eg p ti n of' he arm is formed tion and claim, other novel objects and ad- W1t11 & plurality of longitudinally spaced vantages will readily become apparent. p g whereby a block 14 Shdahie In the drawing thereon, may be fixed byiurging the set screw Figure 1 discloses a side elevation of a plow threaded thereon, into of these Open a. showing the present invention mounted in asihgsi This block is formed with a bore P sociation therewith, and a allel to the disposition of the plow beam, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on a line through which the fi and Preferably iubstantially vertically through the beam h rear end Pornon of the beam 7 P Now for a more detailed description of the shltahie means 16 y be empioyed at h invention, reference is made to the drawing, end of beam to Prevent the dtshlacemhht in which like numerals designate like parts. of h m from hheihlock" A coiled tension For the purpose of illustrating the manner Sprmg 171s cqhhhcted at ehdzto the hook in which the present invention is associated. member Whlle Its Opposite end 15 connected with a p1 0w, in the drawings, the usual P to an end link of a chain 18. A pivotal hook 19 at the forward end of the beam may be 2395 5: :5 Provlded Wlth the custom hooked in any one of the chain links, for

v I ad'ustin the tension of th The type of plow illustrated in these drawl proger pressure f i 53 5 a 52: 95

1ngs,1s of the type generally knownas a drag r d I P h usual coultel disk is il -S It will obviously be seen that an attachably carried by the plow shaft, by the usu l ment' for plows is herein described, which P 11 The lnventlon Includes a pan f will thoroughly compress the growing weeds L-shaped frame pleces 1-1 the shorterleg in advance of a moving plow, whereby theplow may easily cut through the same, without the liability 01f collecting the weeds in ad- Vance of the plow beam, consequently hin dering the proper operation and cut of the plow. Although the preferred construction of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, such changes as may be necessary to the proper carrying out of the invention in manufacture, may be resorted to without violating the spirit of the invention, or the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is A roller attachment for-plows comprising a depending L-shaped arm secured at its upper portion to the usual plow beam, the

horizontal portion of the arm being disposed at right angles with respect to said beam, a block adjustable longitudinally on said horizontal portion of the arm, a bar projecting horizontally from said; block in a direction parallel totthe plow beam, an inverted U- shaped frame pivotally depending from the bar, a roller rotatably mounted between the end portions of the frame, and spring means interposed between the frame and the bar to tensionally maintain the roller against the ground. 7

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures. t

OLIVER G. CHENOWETH. CHARLES A. CHENOWETH. 

